A 'lil HooHaa

Messing with the blogging world since 2005

a lil hoohaa

Time for a giveaway!

In conjunction with my new look and logos and such, I’m going to do a little giveaway, too.

And though this might interest geocachers – I think the item is cool enough for non-geocachers, too. Especially if you like collecting little knick-knacks and such.

Late last year, I had a pathtag designed to show my blog. The idea of the tag was to show a lot of my interests, and also have something I can give away through the blog or social media. That’s the thing about this tag – it will only be available this way. I won’t be trading it and such. I mean, if somebody else does with one they win – that’s up to them. But from me, it’s win it or nothing.

It took almost 13 weeks to get here after I submitted. But it came out really nice!

For those who don’t know what a Pathtag is, it’s basically a colored, collectible coin. It’s about the size of a quarter, or a touch bigger. This one is in a custom shape.

And I only had 50 made. I will give one away for up to 10 entries; two away for up to 25 entries; and three away for more than 25 entries.

This contest will run until sometime after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12. So about a week or so. You can gain multiple entries to the contest.

Ways to enter:

  • Comment on this post and let me know if you collect Pathtags, or just like this and want to win
  • Use the Rafflecopter system below to gain more entries by following on several social media platforms (liking the blogs Facebook page, following on Instagram and Twitter).
  • You can also gain an additional entry by going to the Instagram post for the contest and doing what that says.
  • Another way to enter is Tweeting it out. You can do this once daily (on entry per tweet), but please make sure the tweet is done as it shows so I can keep things in order.

One note with these: Some of you might already follow me on these platforms. If so, it should allow you to enter those still. Just make sure you fill out the items it needs in certain spots.

Whoever the winner(s) is/are, I will be checking to make sure the entries qualify.

I will be giving these out at random times for different things, too. So make sure to follow along with me on the blog.

Entries can be done via the Rafflecopter widget below! Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!

Changing looks …

Sometimes change can give one a jump.

Recently, I’ve been keeping a notebook with blog ideas. I’ve failed miserably to get myself back in the swing of things, so I’m hoping if I start jotting down ideas, I’ll start to get the bug.

I think the key is making sure things are a little shorter.

It’s kind of crazy, if you think about it. One full year of blogging every day has absolutely dragged the dread through several years.

So, now, I’m trying and trying with ideas that are a potpourri of ideas covering anything from baseball and geocaching, to reviews and random nonsense.

One thing I’d like to do, though, is “rebrand” myself. No, the name won’t change. That’s mine. But I want to change the look and feel of the site. So I’m looking at themes I can customize, my color scheme, and logos and such. This way, maybe I can start getting myself back into things in that regard. This theme has treated me well, but it’s time for a revamp.

I want something a bit more on the simple side and maybe not have so many things going on. The header images are nice and fun, but become a bit of a pain when dealing with posts and having to create something.

The themes I am down to (I have a couple I am looking at) are clean, crisp, and allow a bit more of a personal touch. I’m also looking to create (or have created) new logos and such so I can try and “brand” my blog, despite not looking to make money at all on it.

Maybe it’s just time for me to understand how things work within the new WordPress structure (blocks and such), and this change can be a way I change with it.

Have any of you gone through redesigns and such? What was your process like?

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!

20 Days of Chill: Outta here! (Day 20)

The 20 Days of Chill was created in later 2014, with it beginning in January 2015.

The idea behind it was a month-long writing challenge with fun and unique themes. The idea was born out of a challenge I used to participate in that had ended. I tweaked things a bit and changed up the amount of posts and such, and the 20 Days of Chill was born.

Back in those days, I blogged a lot more regularly, and I also got out and read and commented on many more blogs. I still love to blog and I still love challenges, but my consistency is not what it used to be.

I hope that will change, but as life moves on, you never know.

This year’s edition of the 20 Days of Chill had some interesting themes and I had hoped it would be a fun one. Alas, it wasn’t the best of challenges this year with the amount of people.

So, after five years of this challenge … it might be the last one.

I’m not saying it’s definite, but this year for my blogging will tell me for sure. It comes down to if i get back into a routine and such. If I do and I’m visiting blogs and seeing what everybody else does, then it might come back.

If not, then it’s outta here!

That being said, the Photo Blogging Challenge will continue and I hope you’ll all consider joining up with us!

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This post is part of the 2019 20 Days of Chill Writing Challenge hosted by A ‘lil HooHaa. Please check out the link if you’d like to see others or join in. You don’t have to do every theme if you don’t want! And for those participating, take a moment and check out the other participants! 

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!

20 Days of Chill: Fall vacation (Day 19)

Where to go for a fall vacation?

So many people do different things. I enjoy my area (most years) because of the colors of leaves and all that. I’ve even gone up to the northeast and into Maine during that time — when leaf peeping is crazy amazing.

But where else?

For several years now, I make a trip down to South Jersey and visit the beach (always helps to have an aunt who owns a beach house!) because it’s the perfect time to go.

Some years are better weather than others. But some of the years have been great weather, sunny and warm. I tend to go down during Columbus Day weekend and there’s always some things going on — which makes it fun. But for the most part, the shore isn’t as busy that time of the year.

It’s really quite cool when you can walk on the beach and, at most, there are like 20 people there.

There’s also something about being to walk on the boardwalks or in some of the smaller towns and not have hug

And you get to find some good end-of-season sales, too!

But what about you? What’s your fall vacation?

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This post is part of the 2019 20 Days of Chill Writing Challenge hosted by A ‘lil HooHaa. Please check out the link if you’d like to see others or join in. You don’t have to do every theme if you don’t want! And for those participating, take a moment and check out the other participants! 

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!

20 Days of Chill: Mountains and valleys (Day 18)

Life.

When one things of life, there’s a lot to it, isn’t there? There’s up and downs and lefts and rights. There’s good times and bad times. There are fun times and sad times.

Basically, mountains and valleys.

It can be explained that the best of times come when you are on the top of the mountain. You can see everything in a wonderful way. You can vividly see everything in front of you and things are going well.

The worst of times, are when you’ve been in the valley. Nothing is going right. You can’t see how anything is in a positive light etc.

Most of us, throughout life, will be somewhere in the middle.

But you can’t always count on the middle ground. Especially in today’s day with the amount of technology that can sway you with good or bad.

The social media world can be amazing. In the realm of friends and family, you can see all the good (or even bad) going on in their worlds. You get updates about what is happening the such. You have virtual games and worlds where you can make friends with people from around the world in the blink of an eye. Often times, these people can become as close to you as those you interact with in the physical world.

There’s the flip side of the technological world — that of cyber bullying, sharing too much info, and the overall negativity that goes around with technology (see social media).

This is all very hard to ignore.

But in the end, we all have choices to make. To be happy or so be grumpy. To smile or to frown. Do walk through life with confidence, or to drag your feet and be in despair

So choose your path. Work your way to the top of the mountain — the view is a lot better from up there.

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This post is part of the 2019 20 Days of Chill Writing Challenge hosted by A ‘lil HooHaa. Please check out the link if you’d like to see others or join in. You don’t have to do every theme if you don’t want! And for those participating, take a moment and check out the other participants! 

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!